WEB BARNESVILLE NATIVE KIT
WILLIAMSON AND HIS HAS BEEN
POSTED HOME A MOVIES IN YOUTUBE
IN 2013, IT WOULD'VE BEEN HARD
TO IMAGINE AN AND ME WOULD BE
IN THEIR FUTURE.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOLLOW.
AND NOW IS FUNNY AND
HEARTBREAKING LOOK AT
MILLENNIAL RELATIONSHIPS IS
BACK FOR A THIRD SEASON.
YESTERDAY I SAT DOWN WITH THE
GUYS WERE HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
TO TALK ABOUT EAST SIDERS.
Reporter: YOU DECIDED TO
COME TO MINNESOTA IN JANUARY?
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
I GREW UP HERE AND EVERY
HOLIDAY WE TRIED TO GET BACK
AND CELEBRATE WITH MY FAMILY.
WE GET THE WHOLE GANG BACK
TOGETHER.
I GREW UP IN BURNSVILLE AND
WENT TO APPLE VALLEY HIGH
SCHOOL.
CLASS OF 98.
GO EAGLES. Reporter: YOU ARE
NOW IN HONORING THE -- HONORARY
MINNESOTA.
I FEEL LIKE ONE FOR SURE.
I BEEN TO THE MALL OF AMERICA
AT LEAST 20 TIMES.
Reporter: LET'S TALK ABOUT
EAST SIDERS.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
IT IS A DARK COMEDY ABOUT A
GAY COUPLE LIVING IN SILVERLAKE
CALIFORNIA.
WE STARTED THE SHOW BACK IN
2012, SHOOTING IN OUR LIVING
ROOM UP WITH THE FIRST TWO
EPISODES ON YOUTUBE.
WE DID A CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN
FOR $15,000 AND ENDED UP
RAISING THAT IN FOUR DAYS AND
GETTING PICKED UP BY LOGO.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE GONE ALL
OVER THE PLACE, AND FINALLY THE
FIRST TWO SEASONS LANDED ON
NETFLIX LAST YEAR.
Reporter: THE GAY SERIES I
GREW UP WATCHING WERE SOMEWHAT
SALACIOUS, AND THEIR CERTAINLY
SALACIOUS PARTS OF WHAT YOU
GUYS DO, BUT IT SEEMS MORE
REAL.
HUNDRED THE CULTURE HAS
CHANGED?
-- HOW DO YOU THINK CULTURE
HAS CHANGED?
WE WANT TO SEE COMPLEX
CHARACTERS.
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO MESS UP
THEIR LIVES AND PICK UP THE
PIECES IN THE SAME WAY WE
EXPECT STRAIGHT CHARACTERS TO
BE ABLE TO DO.
WE ARE NOT PERFECT.
THAT IS WHAT MAKES US ALL
HUMAN. Reporter: IS IT
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL?
EVERYBODY THINKS THAT.
BUT IT IS VERY NOT
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL EXCEPT FOR THE
THIRD SEASON WE DID A CROSS-
COUNTRY ROAD TRIP FROM NEW YORK
TO LOS ANGELES AND SHOT ON
LOCATION IN 16 STATES.
WE HAVE DRIVEN ACROSS THE
COUNTRY TWICE BEFORE.
THAT PART WAS INSPIRED BY OUR
EXPERIENCES.
THAT DID HELP US TO MOVE
BACK TO LOS ANGELES.
Reporter: ANY PIECES THAT
MINNESOTANS MIGHT NOTICE?
WE GOT TO SHOOT FOR MAYBE A
COUPLE OF HOURS IN MINNESOTA.
WE WERE HOPING FOR MORE, BUT WE
GOT A LITTLE BEHIND SCHEDULE
AND MINNESOTA LAW SOME SCREEN
TIME.
BUT YOU MIGHT SEE SOME PLANES
AND FIELDS. Reporter: WHAT IS
SEASON THREE ABOUT?
THE CHARACTERS MOVE FROM NEW
YORK TO LOS ANGELES.
THEY HAD MOVED TO NEW YORK AND
HATED IT.
SO THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND
PICK UP THE PIECES OF THEIR OLD
LIES.
SO IT IS A CROSS-COUNTRY ROAD
TRIP.
WE SHOT ON LOCATION.
WAS REALLY ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE
OF A GAY COUPLE DRIVING ACROSS
THE COUNTRY AND EXPERIENCING
THE HEARTLAND AND HAVING A LOT
OF MISADVENTURES.
HAVING THEIR RELATIONSHIP
TESTED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THEY
WANT TO GO TOGETHER AS A
COUPLE.
THERE ARE TWO ADDITIONAL
EPISODES.
ONE WAS SHOT IN PALM SPRINGS
AND ANOTHER EPISODE BACK IN
SILVERLAKE THAT FEATURES MY
CHARACTER.
ANOTHER MINNESOTA LOCAL,
BRIONA BROWN, HAS A REGULAR ROLE
ON THE SHOW.
WE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL
TOGETHER.
YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HER FROM
GENERAL HOSPITAL.
NICE TO SEE MINNESOTANS
DOING WELL.
ABSOLUTELY.
A FORTUNATE SERIES OF EVENTS TO
GO FROM YOUTUBE TO THIS BIG
SEASON THREE.
I WILL TELL YOU, THIS IS NOT
FOR KIDS.
IT IS FOR GROWN-UPS.
KEEP THAT IN MIND.
SEASON THREE IS STREAMING ON
AMAZON RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE HEAR WILL JOIN NETFLIX